Denmark: Faeroe Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records 180,622
Species level 148,279
Species 1,351
Taxa 1,613
Datasets 111
Time range 1753 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 26
No WoRMS match 499
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 59
No accepted name available 5,501

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 146,412 33,019
eventDate 3,167 0
maximumDepthInMeters 118,202 0
minimumDepthInMeters 116,811 0
occurrenceStatus 768 0
scientificName 29 0
scientificNameID 612 126

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,172
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 677

Top datasets

Dataset Records
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20
66,992
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20
51,935
JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database
Published 2021-04-24
32,847
ICES Historical Plankton Dataset
Published 2025-03-20
6,349
HMAP Dataset 04: World Whaling
Published 2025-03-20
4,441
ICES Eggs and larvae
Published 2025-03-20
2,410
Mackerel and horse mackerel eggs
Published 2024-09-09
2,039
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
2,013
PANGAEA - Data from various sources
Published 2025-03-20
1,604
IMR Occurrences of fish from research and rental vessels 2000-2023
Published 2024-09-09
908

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
53,432
Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
15,845
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
10,653
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
5,285
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
4,283
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4,034
Euphausiacea Dana, 1852
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
3,798
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
3,628
Tripos fusus (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
3,203
Calanus Leach, 1816
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,119

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2022
Bathylagus euryops Goode & Bean, 1896
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2021
Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2021
Holtbyrnia anomala Krefft, 1980
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2021
Sagamichthys schnakenbecki (Krefft, 1953)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2021
Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2021
Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & Tåning, 1926
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2021
Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2021
Borostomias antarcticus (Lönnberg, 1905)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2021
Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
5 2021

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 135,162
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 78,557
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 66,992
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 66,992
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 66,992
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science 58,284
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 53,777
Duke University 33,145
Joint Nature Conservation Committee 32,847
University of Hull, Oceans Past Initiative 4,729